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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 SE 125 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthwork, Amber Lane Chart Sutton |
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Summary
Large linear feature exposed identifed as part of the linear earthwork defences of the Loose oppidum
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7931 5033 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75SE |
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| Parish: | CHART SUTTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DITCH (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD (at some time))
Full description
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During trench excavation an large linear ditch, approximately 3.6m wide, was found running east-west. Although the fill was archaeologically sterile it has been identified as forming part of the linear earthwork extending east form the area of the Loose oppidum (TQ 75 SE 4) and is likely that it was part of the oppidum's defensive outworks (1).
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1996, Archaeological Assessment at Marshalls Cottage, Amber Lane, Chart Sutton, near Maidstone (Unpublished document). SKE6666.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1996. Archaeological Assessment at Marshalls Cottage, Amber Lane, Chart Sutton, near Maidstone. |
Related records
| TQ 75 SE 4 | Part of: Possible Iron Age oppidum at Boughton Monchelsea (Monument) |
